Natural Enemies of the Greater and Lesser Wax Moths and Their Activity in Honey Bee Colonies under the Environmental Conditions of Sohag Governorate, Egypt
Omran, N., Mazeed, A., Abd Allah, M., Mahmoud, M. (2024). Natural Enemies of the Greater and Lesser Wax Moths and Their Activity in Honey Bee Colonies under the Environmental Conditions of Sohag Governorate, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 9(1), 80-87. doi: 10.21608/jsasj.2024.361878
Nageh S.M. Omran; Ahmed R. Mazeed; Mohamed M.A. Abd Allah; Mostafa Rashad Mahmoud. "Natural Enemies of the Greater and Lesser Wax Moths and Their Activity in Honey Bee Colonies under the Environmental Conditions of Sohag Governorate, Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 9, 1, 2024, 80-87. doi: 10.21608/jsasj.2024.361878
Omran, N., Mazeed, A., Abd Allah, M., Mahmoud, M. (2024). 'Natural Enemies of the Greater and Lesser Wax Moths and Their Activity in Honey Bee Colonies under the Environmental Conditions of Sohag Governorate, Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 9(1), pp. 80-87. doi: 10.21608/jsasj.2024.361878
Omran, N., Mazeed, A., Abd Allah, M., Mahmoud, M. Natural Enemies of the Greater and Lesser Wax Moths and Their Activity in Honey Bee Colonies under the Environmental Conditions of Sohag Governorate, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 9(1): 80-87. doi: 10.21608/jsasj.2024.361878

Natural Enemies of the Greater and Lesser Wax Moths and Their Activity in Honey Bee Colonies under the Environmental Conditions of Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Journal of Sohag Agriscience (JSAS)
Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2024, Page 80-87  XML PDF (829.23 K)
Document Type: Research and Review Papers
DOI: 10.21608/jsasj.2024.361878
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Authors
Nageh S.M. Omran1; Ahmed R. Mazeed2; Mohamed M.A. Abd Allah1; Mostafa Rashad Mahmoud email 3
1Plant Protection Department Faculty of Agriculture Sohag University Sohag 82524 Egypt
2Plant Protection Department
3Department of plant protection
Abstract
The current investigations were conducted in Egypt's Sohag Governorate in the 2022/2023 season. Data revealed that there are two parasitoids associated with the greater wax moth; the most common and efficient is Apantales galleriae which represented in the collected samples in considerable numbers all over the year. Whereas Bracon hebetor was parasite in too few samples. The highest abundance of G. mellonella, 140.00 adults per 1 kg of wax, recorded in August, and the lowest number it was in March, 26.67 adults per 1 kg of wax. The seasonal abundance of A. grisella throughout the period from December, 2022 to November, 2023 ranged between 1.67 and 7.00 individuals per 1kg of wax. The highest number of the parasitoid, A. galleriae was recorded in September with 75.67 adults per 1kg of wax. Whereas the lowest number was recorded in April at 13.67 adults per 1 kg of wax. The number of the parasitoid, B. hepetor is very limited, ranged from 0 to 1.67 adults per 1 kg of wax. Akhmim district had the largest number of wax moths, G. mellonella, A. grisella, and the parasitoids, A. galleriae with 234.67, 2.67 and 142.67 adults per 1kg of wax respectively. Also, the least number of the greater wax moth was in Dar-El Salam district, with 28.00 and the least number of the lesser wax moth was 0.33 adults per 1kg of wax respectively. While the parasitoids were not present in the Dar-El Salam, Girga, Aserat, Maragha, and Tahta districts.
Keywords
Seasonal abundance; Galleria mellonella; Achroia grisella; Apantales galleriae
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